Both poets use both color as well as natural imagery in order to depict the emotions of these women throughout the length of the poems. In Plath’s ‘Spinster’, the protagonist in the poem realizes that she does not desire to share her life with this man because it may result in her losing control over her own life, Duffy’s ‘Havisham’ is a reimagining of Dickens’ infamous spinster, and ‘Mrs. Midas’ is a poem written from the viewpoint of the wife of the mythological King Midas, who had a wish granted which caused everything he touched to turn to gold. The use of color within the poems “Spinster” and “Havisham” are portrayal of the feeling of the speaker at the given moment in the poem The use of color within the poems “Spinster” and “Havisham” are a portrayal of the feeling of the speaker at the given moment in the poem. It can be noted that brighter, vibrant colors, appear at the beginning at the poem, and begin to deteriorate into bleaker, darker colors as the poem progresses, along with the speaking voices emotions.
“Not a day since then I haven’t whished him dead”-Havisham This is very effective as the aggressive tone shows “Havisham” has been rejected and her love is causing her pain. Similarly in “Valentine” “Carol Ann Duffy” uses a very forceful tone with words like “here” and “take it” which tells us her lover is not being very co-operative and like “Havisham” suggests a degree of pain within there love. The theme of love is taken to a deeper level by “Carol Ann Duffy” when she shows through literary techniques that the pain of love can be dangerous. The theme of love is contrasted by violent metaphors in both poems. “Ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with”-Havisham This is another example of the pain of love and it is particularly effective as it shows the extreme physical tension within “Havisham” and describes the pain of love as a driving force of murder.
A connection built on sympathy for the obvious seriousness of her unhappiness. A second theme common throughout the poems is one of restriction and lack of freedom. Ariel however begins with a stark contrast of restriction, and the opening stanzas tell a story of happiness, liberty and autonomy. This contrast is created by phrases like “substances blue” and “how one we grow” in the open stanza, the contrast however is supplied by phrases from the 7th stanza down; “dead hand dead stringencies”, “The child’s cry...and I am the arrow”. This contrast between freedom and restrictions is created again, but in a different way, in Daddy.
Sombre non-diegetic music sets the mood, while an extreme close-up focuses on her fumbling hands. Voice over is used while Plath is recites her poem, “The Arrival of the Bee Box”, which metaphorically captures her search for freedom, and the director’s perspective that Plath’s suicide freed her from the trappings of her unfaithful lover. The picture book The Emperors New Clothes shows how perspectives which conflict are often changed to conform. Hughes’ Red conveys conflicting perspectives through the personification of colour into personalities of Plath. The Minotaur shows Hughes’ subjective view and conflicts with Plath’s view portrayed in
death - (Adelaide, ghost town) Songs that sing of sad events but ultimately instill hopeful in the end- (deeper water, to her door, how to make gravy) Paragraph one: In Paul Kelly’s anthology of songs, he has created a number of mellow songs that are primarily about despairing characters and provide no sense of hope to listeners. Winter coat- ‘And my old winter coat still hangs by my front door, Holding all the stories I don't remember anymore.’ Love never runs on time – ‘Ah you know and I know that love never runs on time. I followed that old river 'til the morning. I stopped I don't remember the name of the town.’ Paragraph two: Furthermore, Kelly's collection of songs explores a grave sense of sadness as a result of losing a loved one and evidently there is a limited amount of optimism that can be perceived. Adelaide- ‘Dad's hands used to shake but I never knew he was
This is a light hearted view of the gap between what we expect of relationships, and what we actually get. The poem is quite conventional in four stanzas, and reflects a conventional view of love. It is in two parts, with the first three stanzas about romance, before a ‘bolta’ in the final stanza, which turns things on its head. The first stanza has only three lines as it shows this twist. The poem has 15 lines, one more than a sonnet, which is normally about love, which gives a wry sense of humour and irony to this poem.
Does Auden make Miss Gee a sympathetic character? Initially Auden is extremely sympathetic towards Miss Gee, yet in a harsh manner. “Now let me tell you a story about Little Miss Gee”. In this opening line, Auden immediately belittles her character and makes it sound like she belongs somewhere of far less merit, like a children’s book. Whereas in reality, this is actually a poem based entirely around the life of Miss Gee without any other main characters, to the extent that the poem is actually named after her.
It is a straight forward 14 line poem with rhyming couplets. The tone of this poem is misery, but also warning people don’t give all your heart in a relationship. Yeats is strengthen emotion by using Repetition of never give the heart. Also, “all smooth lips” is a Imagery to passionate women they say they can give all their hearts but it’s a lie. The repetitive use of the word ‘play’
Some of the poems in the final third of Edmund SpenserAmoretti sonnet sequence display this feature. Some poems by the same author are paired, allowing one character to make a statement in one poem and then allowing another character to reply in an accompanying work. For example, in the poem "Wrapt in my careless cloak," by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, a dsigruntled man complains about the behavior of women, while in an accompanying poem titled "Girt in my guiltless gown," a woman replies to the man's charges. Of course, another way in which lyric poems can be performative is that they almost demand to be read aloud if one hopes to appreciate all their subtleties of sound and sense. This is less true of novels, and reading an entire novel out loud is therefore not something that most people do (at least not any
The relationship between the two sister's may have been fine before the introduction of a lover, but hints of jealousy and competition between the sister's is hinted throughout the poem. The poem is only in the view of the unnamed sister, we are shown a biased view on the situation. Alliteration is used within the second and third stanza to allow the poem to have a much more sinister impact, as the pace the words are said increases as the audience read the poem, therefore showing the anger of the narrator. The narrator of this poem is not given a name, as if she is lifeless, this corresponds with the theme of death within the poem, creating emphasis towards her sister that it is her fault that the narrator's husband has died. In stanza four, we have references towards religion, as she states: "My father may sleep in Paradise, My mother at Heaven-gate: But sister Maude shall get no sleep Either early or late."